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Tennessee Stud (Jimmy Driftwood tribute)

from The lost siblings by Brothers from other fathers

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lyrics

TENNESSEE STUD
(Johnny Cash)



Back about eighteen and twenty-five 
I left Tennessee very much alive 
I never would've made it through the Arkansas mud 
If I hadn't been riding on the Tennessee Stud 


Had some trouble with my sweetheart's Pa  

One of her brothers was a bad outlaw 
I wrote a letter to my Uncle Spud And 
I rode away on the Tennessee Stud 


Refrain:
The Tennessee Stud was long and lean  

The color of the sun and his eyes were green 
He had the nerve and he had the blood 
There never was a horse like Tennessee Stud 




Drifted on down into no man's land 
Across the river called the Rio Grande
Raced my horse with the Spaniard's foe 
Til I got me a skin full of silver and gold


Me and the gambler, we couldn't agree 
We got in a fight over Tennessee
Pulled our guns and he fell with a thud 

And I rode away on a Tennessee Stud 


Refrain


I rode right back across Arkansas 
I whipped her brother and I whipped her Pa
I found that girl with the golden hair 
She was riding on a Tennessee Mare



Pretty little baby on the cabin floor 
Little horse colt playing round the door 

I loved the girl with the golden hair 

And the Tennessee Stud loves the Tennessee Mare 



Refrain


TRADUCTION


L’ETALON DU TENNESSEE

Il y a entre 18 et 25 ans

J'ai quitté le Tennessee, plein de vie

Je ne serais jamais sorti de la boue de l'Arkansas

Si je n'avais pas chevauché l'étalon du Tennessee

J'avais quelques problèmes avec le père de ma chérie

Un de ses frères était un hors-la-loi

J'ai écrit une lettre à mon oncle Spud

Et je suis parti sur l'étalon du Tennessee


Refrain:

L'étalon du Tennessee était long et mince 

Avait la couleur du soleil et ses yeux étaient verts

Il avait du cran et il avait du sang

Il n'y a pas meilleur cheval que l'étalon du Tennessee

J'ai erré dans le no man's land

Traversé la rivière qu'on nomme le Rio Grande
J'ai coursé l'ennemi espagnol

Jusqu'à me couvrir d'or et d'argent



Le joueur et moi on n'était pas d'accord

On a fini par se battre dans le Tennessee
On a sorti nos flingues et il est tombé avec un bruit sourd

Et je suis parti sur l'étalon du Tennessee 


Refrain

Je suis revenu par l'Arkansas
J'ai ignoré son frère, j'ai ignoré son père

J'ai retrouvé cette fille aux cheveux d'or

Elle chevauchait une jument du Tennessee


Un joli petit bébé sur le plancher de la cabane

Un petit poulain jouant devant la porte

Je suis tombé amoureux de la fille aux cheveux d'or

Et l'étalon du Tennessee de la jument du Tennessee


Refrain

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from The lost siblings, released April 15, 2020
Original song by Jimmy Driftwood

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Brothers from other fathers Toulouse, France

“Brothers from other fathers”.
Because we’re brothers and sisters.
From the same mother.
But from different fathers.
Brothers from other fathers.
We play some bluegrass music.
Some old west folk and country too.
We’re from Toulouse, Kentucky. ... more

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